Have been searching the forums and wiki for info on how to get this working on my HTPC case. The only references I can find seem to talk about devices (eg /etc/lcd0) and conf files that simply don't seem to exist on my 0710b3 build. Did a lsusb ... nothing there....

Anybody any idea on how to get this going? I realise that at the moment only Myth (and VDR?) use this and the rest of the time it just shows a clock or something else, but at the moment it just permanently displays a line of _____ and then a couple of different height bars on the far right and never changes even when the system is off! Gotta be able to get something better than that!

Don't worry, guys, LMCE doesn't support VFD displays except a three models: Crystal Fontz USB/RS232, IRTrans - Dign VFD and Media Live LCD/Buttons. The rest can be just used by MythTV or VDR. IMHO it'd be great to have some generic VFD interface which will communicate with LCD server as a client. In that case it'd be doesn't matter what model of VFD you have.

Don't worry, guys, LMCE doesn't support VFD displays except a three models: Crystal Fontz USB/RS232, IRTrans - Dign VFD and Media Live LCD/Buttons. The rest can be just used by MythTV or VDR. IMHO it'd be great to have some generic VFD interface which will communicate with LCD server as a client. In that case it'd be doesn't matter what model of VFD you have.

Michael I agree it would be good to have a more generalised way to support various VFD's

I have a soundgraph imon vfd screen on my case. Have it currently running "lcd-stuff" (weather and news feeds) when not watching tv, and myth tv outputs to it fine when tv is on.You need to use lcd-proc to send to the screen though

Saying that the directory "linux" doesn't exist - which it doesn't on my system. In there there are "linux-headers..." and "linux-headers...-generic" and I tried both of those instead (problably screwing something up!) but still comes back with errors...

True, true, the original compile failed on my box too, but that's a pretty old thread, meant for a previous ubuntu version. If you read the entire thread (which is a pain, I know) then you can find a solution... Errr, hold on, I'll try to give you my method:

Install lirc and the lirc-modules-kernel version-generic

After this you need to load the lirc_imon module:

modprobe lirc_imon (add "lirc_imon" to your /etc/modules file to start it at boot)

Now it has made a /dev/lcd0 file, except I wasn't able to write to it... so I had to chmod it (and I have to do this after every boot):

chmod 666 /dev/lcd0

And now you can output to the display! (But only up to 32 chars, otherwise it'll give you some error)

echo -n "Hello" > /dev/lcd0

I'm using LMCE 0710 beta 3. I know I need to fix a lot more (like that knob or that infrared thing or the chmod thing) but that's for later

True, true, the original compile failed on my box too, but that's a pretty old thread, meant for a previous ubuntu version. If you read the entire thread (which is a pain, I know) then you can find a solution... Errr, hold on, I'll try to give you my method:

Install lirc and the lirc-modules-kernel version-generic

After this you need to load the lirc_imon module:

modprobe lirc_imon (add "lirc_imon" to your /etc/modules file to start it at boot)

Now it has made a /dev/lcd0 file, except I wasn't able to write to it... so I had to chmod it (and I have to do this after every boot):

chmod 666 /dev/lcd0

And now you can output to the display! (But only up to 32 chars, otherwise it'll give you some error)

echo -n "Hello" > /dev/lcd0

I'm using LMCE 0710 beta 3. I know I need to fix a lot more (like that knob or that infrared thing or the chmod thing) but that's for later

I did:

sudo apt-get install lirc - it asked for confirmation to install and I hit Ysudo apt-get install lirc-modules-2.6.22-14-generic - it ran, didn't ask me to confirm, but did seem to complete with no errors, and said that there was 1 newly installed packagesudo modprobe lirc_imonno error, just completed

But I do not have a device at /etc/lcd0 or anything beginning with L or l other than loop0 and log....